Фотографии
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A production Stranraer under construction with Spitfire mock-up relegated to the roof space.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Spitfire - Великобритания - 1936Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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The forward Scarff gun ring is absent on the RAF Museum’s Stranraer, which is such a snug fit beneath the museum’s Belfast-trussed hangar roof that the wheels had to be left off the beaching gear. Note the external access ladder up to the port engine. The Coventry Ordnance Works quick-firing gun in front of the aircraft was not included among its standard equipment!
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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A rare colour picture of a Queen Charlotte Airlines Stranraer in a later colour scheme. The orange wingtips were an aid to location in the event of a forced landing or accident.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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This threequarter-rear view reveals the two steps in the hull’s planing bottom and the upsweep of the rear of the hull to the tail surfaces. Again, the absence of the gun ring just aft of the lower wing’s trailing edge belies the aeroplane’s military role. The correct individual code letter for Stranraer 920 in RCAF service has yet to be determined; hence the lack of a letter above the black underline forward of the roundel.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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A close-up of the nose shows the twin mooring bollards on the prow and the grab rails for the handling party just above the chine of the planing bottom. The hinged watertight door on the front of the hull was opened for bomb sighting. Extensive use of Alclad, coupled with anodic treatment, did much to protect the structure from the depredations of a corrosive salt-water environment.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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The underwing stabilising floats were attached by a pair of cross-braced streamline-section struts and held rigid by four lateral bracing wires. They had a single step, and were divided internally into four watertight compartments, each of which had its own drain plug and inspection cover. Thus, if a float was damaged, only the affected compartment/s would take in water, and buoyancy would be maintained.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: CF-BXO Queen Charlotte Airlines’ CF-BXO Alaska Queen awaits passengers at a remote landing stage. This is the Stranraer now preserved in the RAF Museum, Hendon.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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"Стрэнрир" канадских ВВС стоит на якоре в бухте Элфорд (о-ва Королевы Шарлотты)
An RCAF Stranraer of No 6 Squadron in Alliford Bay on the Queen Charlotte Islands during World War Two.Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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RCAF Stranraer 914 fitted with long-range tanks in place of bomb racks. No 5 Sqn flew this machine from bases in the Maritimes and Newfoundland in 1941.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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As war clouds gathered in 1939, Stranraers began to be camouflaged; 209 Squadron’s camouflage pattern differed on the two aircraft in the rear of this formation, while the leading machine remains all-silver.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: K3973 [5] The Stranraer prototype, K3973, fitted at this stage with two-bladed propellers.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: CF-BYL Queen Charlotte Airlines’ Stranraer CF-BYL Skeena Queen at the Prince Rupert Seal Cove floatplane base, shortly before this aircraft disappeared on August 31, 1946.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: K3973 [5] The same aircraft fitted with three-bladed propellers, nose gun and an underwing bomb.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: K7287 K7287, the first production machine, in flight fitted with long range tanks on the underwing bomb points.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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RCAF Stranraer 916 on the step.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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RCAF 908 is launched from a slipway in Eastern Canada. It served for five years before being struck off charge in January 1944.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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A Stranraer wing float under construction.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: K3973 [5] K3973 now fitted with four-bladed propellers and on the step for take-off.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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A unique ”shot” taken during a turn from the bow cockpit of a Supermarine Stranraer flying boat operating off the East Coast.
A Stranraer pilot seen from the front gunner's position. Note the rear-view mirror and, in the distance, the mid-upper gunner.Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: K3973 [5] At 11,800lb empty weight, the prototype needed a large crane to lift it out of the water.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: K3973 [5] K3973’s pilot’s cockpit, with entry to nose cockpit.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Without its instrument panel the cockpit looks spartan, but the pilot’s seat and the twin control wheels are well shown.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Inside the hull, looking forward through the bulkheads into the cockpit.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Looking aft to the tail gun position.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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The upper hull amidships, with control runs and cabling running fore and aft along the roof and sides, well clear of areas where they might be prone to damage by sea water. The use of transverse frames and internal longitudinal members to form the hull gave the structure a clean aerodynamic form that was somewhat negated, perhaps, by the drag-inducing wire-braced biplane wing structure overhead.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Регистрационный номер: K7299 In this painting by Tim O'Brien GAvA, Stranraer K7299/BN-M of 240 Squadron locates a packed lifeboat while on anti-submarine patrol in 1940.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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Supermarine Type 237 Stranraer
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Stranraer - Великобритания - 1934
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A Supermarine Scapa, predecessor of the Stranraer.
Самолёты на фотографии: Supermarine Scapa - Великобритания - 1932
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